Improvement in curtain-fixtures



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NITE@ TA1-Es c `[IsAAo B. WERNER, 0E RossvILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT 1N CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

i Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,643, dated September 24, 1872.

i i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc B. WERNER, of Rossville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Shade Fixtures, of

ywhich the following is a specification:

the shade-roller and blocks are connectedtogether. Fig. 7 is adetail sectional view of the Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved apparatus, simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective in operation, for rolling up a window-shade and lowering it from the top of a window and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the xtures, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the window-casing. B represents theshade, the upper. end of which is at tached to a roller, C, in the ordinary manner. The ends of theroller C are pivoted` to blocks D, of wood, metal, or other suitable material, a washer, c, being interposed between the end of the roller and the' block at that end of the roller O to which the winding or rolling cord E is attached. The. cord E passes down through a guide-eye, F, attached to the block D, and its lower end is connected with aknob,

` cleat, or pulley in the ordinary manner, or with the reel hereinafter described. Gr (5tl is'a cord, the endsof which are attached to the lower ends of the blocks D, pass up along the inner sides, and are connected with the upper ends of said blocks, as shown Vin Fig. 4, so as to serve as fenders or cushions to prevent the blocks, in their up-and-down movement, from rubbing or marring the paint upon the win# dow-casin g. The cords Gr G pass over knobs or pulleys H, made of any suitable material,

attached to the corners of the casing, one of the cords, as Gr, passing across the top of the liable to do,

casing, as shown in Fig. l. The cords G G pass down together along one side ofthe casing A, and are connectedwith a single cord,

I, by a slip-knot or its equivalent, as shown inA Fig. V5. This allows the cords G G' to be evened to support the sh ade horizontally should one stretch more than theother, which it is as the cord G to support than the cord G. The cord I eX- tends down along the side of the window-Casin g and is attached to the reel hereinafter described.

J K areetwo spools or reels, made of metal, wood, or any suitable material, to which the ends of the cords E I are attached, and which are placed end to end upon a short shaft, L,

which works in supports attached to the lower part of the easing A. The outer flanges ofthe spools J K have notches or ratchet-teeth formed in them, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive spring-catch es for holding them in place. 'Ihe inner or adjacent end ilanges of the spools J K are inclined toward each other, so that their outer edges may touch or nearly touch while leaving space between said ends for the clutch M to revolve. The clutch M is made square and with beveled edges, and is rigidly attached to the shaft L. In the adjacent Aends of the spools J K are formed square recesses having beveled sides to receive the clutch M, so that by moving the shaft L longitudinally the clutch M may be thrown into gear with either of said spools, so as to revolve it, while the other spool stands still. between the ends of the spools J K both of said spools will be allowed to turn freely upon the shaft L. N are two diagonal spring-bars,

the outer ends of which are secured to the case that supports the reel, and the inner ends of which rest upon the outer or ratchet anges of the spools J K, so as to hold said spools securely in place. With the middle part of the spring-bars N is connected a slide, O, which is attached to the shank of a knob, I?, thatA passes through a slot in the bar or case that supports the reel, so that by moving the slide O in one or the other directionbne or the other of the spring-bars N will be raised from its spool, allowing said spool to run back. When the slide O is in the middle of the spring-bars N both of said spools will be held. To the outer end of the shaft L is attached a crank,

has lmore weight By moving the clutch M midway i Q, for convenience in operating it. By this bars N, and slide O, constructed and arranged construction the shade can be lowered from to operate in connection with ech other and the upper part of the Window, or rolled or unthe cords E I, substantially as herein shown rolled, as may be desired. and described, and for the purposes set forth. Having thus described my invention, I claim I. B. WERNER.

as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat Witnesses: ent- FREDRECK MAKENTHUM,

The spools J K, shaft L, clutch M, spring- JAMES CORNELL. 

